The divisions are completely useless because they don't actually separate anything or dictate how the scheduling and seeding works.

Well, it's supposed to work. I remember when I had the league split up in 4 divisions, teams in the same division played each other twice. We had nice rivalries. My only regret is if I had to do it over again, I wouldn't reshuffle the divisions every year based on previous year's standings.

WMD and I already tried to figure out how to get the schedule setup properly the other night. He tried every setting we could find and none of them changed the weekly H2H schedule any.

The problem with having a non-random schedule is that teams in the lower division end up with inflated records due to playing all the worst teams. It might be nice for a couple of them to reach the playoffs as a result, but it actually tends to stunt their long-term competitiveness by picking at the bottom of the round in the following draft. The teams with the worst keepers don't always end up with the highest draft picks the next year.

I'm very surprised that none if my players have gotten injured after i drafted them. All that are hurt were hurt before the draft. Of course me saying this means it's only a matter of time before one of my guys tears an ACL

I understand that having two divisions in theory allowed the lesser teams to play each other more, but if you look at it, the current schedules don't reflect the updated divisions of the Top and Bottom 10 teams. Still stuck on last year's division breakdown.

Also, two divisions is still pointless because seeding in the playoffs isn't determined at all by divisional ties.

And I'd argue that the 2-3 teams that lead the lesser division each year actually get screwed the next year because their artificially inflated records (via playing weak competition) just earns them a lower draft slot and therefore less opportunity to get better players.

You'd be better off with one big division and truly randomized weekly schedules.

And I'd argue that the 2-3 teams that lead the lesser division each year actually get screwed the next year because their artificially inflated records (via playing weak competition) just earns them a lower draft slot and therefore less opportunity to get better players.

I like doing it early to keep away from a situation where a players value suddenly rises in a later round due to injury or whatever else.. And the guy who's up suddenly stumbles upon a starter or someone with an increased role as a result. I also like having to do some research and such and using my motherly instinct.